School Talent contest

Brecken got 2nd place for his entry in art.  He was so excited because he got 3rd last year.  He loves to do how to draw (art hub), on the computer, and has really liked drawing dragons lately.  He entered two of his dragon pictures in the contest.  He was so proud of them.  

 

Preference 2022

Preference was the end of February.  Shaylee asked Caleb Pearson, and Preston was asked by khloe.  They both had a great day.  Preston went and painted pottery.  Shaylee and her group went to fiesta fun.  Dinner was at our house...the other girls told Shaylee it would be here.  lol.  They also wanted a BBQ, but have it really elegantly decorated. lol.  So we had fun decorating, and cooking for the girls.  Preston had dinner down at Pasta Factory and then headed out for pictures and the dance.  Shaylee's group had pictures, and then came back to our house for dinner then the dance.  It was such a cold windy day so pictures went super fast because no one wanted to be out in them.  I had my sister Stephanie come over and help me with hair and makeup for Shaylee.  We loved her dress and it was the easiest thing to find.  She found it online and bought it.  It looked so cute on her and she loved it.  She looked so beautiful.  Preston's date gave him a tie and shoes to match her dress so he loved that.  Preston's last preference and Shaylee's first.  Time sure does go by so fast, and I am loving this age. 
                  

House of Jump

Cousin Kai had a birthday party at house of jump and was nice enough to include Brecken and Landon.  The boys had a blast and couldn't stop talking about it for weeks.  Landon just wanted Dani to watch him and take pictures of him the whole time. (poor Dani), and Brecken played dodgeball with all the party friends the whole time.  They are already planning their parties at house of jump because they thought it was the coolist.

 

Shaylee's Basketball Banquet

Shaylee had her basketball banquet the week after the state tournament.  She got her Varsity Letter her sophomore year, and received the award for Highest Free Throw percentage.  She was proud of that one.  She worked hard this season and reached her goals.  She has BIG goals for next year and I'm excited to see her grow and accomplish those goals.  

 

Presidents day weekend

Presidents weekend we had the Monson family down for soccer tournaments, Shaylee had State basketball playoffs, and the boys basketball team also state basketball playoffs.  We went to Hyrum's soccer game Friday afternoon, and then headed up to Cedar to see if our girls team could win against them to go to state.  Well on our way up we noticed 2 wrecks that had the freeway backed up.  We hoped and thought it would all be cleared out by the time the game got over.  Our girls won and everyone was so excited.  It had been a few years since we have made it to state.  We started to head out fast because they boys team was playing to a spot to go to state in Hurricane as well and it started at 7:30 in Hurricane.  We looked up online and realized their were know 6 accidents alone on I 15, and 3 on backroads trying to bypass I  15..it was a mess. 3 hour drive that should only be 40.  We decided to take the back way to enterprise.  It told us it was only 2 hours so we did that.  Well it ended up being a little longer with a darn construction light was had to wait through and more traffic as well, but we made it.  The boys game got pushed back till 8;15 because there was a wreck on the freeway from st george to hurricane and Pineview was running late as well as the refs.  we pulled in about 8:30 and got the kids all their.  The boys ended up winning as well so both teams were headed to the state playoff at Dixie State University. Saturday we ended up down in st. george to watch Hyrum's soccer game again as well as one of Allies as well.  Monday we made our way down to Dixie state in the morning to watch our girls play then we were coming back that night to watch our boys play as well.  Girls team stayed in it the first half.  We were playing desert hills.  They were ranked 2 in the state.  The second half was a little rougher and we ended up losing.  They played their hardest and had fun.  We went home for a bit and then came back down to watch the boys team play snow canyon.  We lost to them pretty bad as well.  It was fun for our town to hae both teams make it to state though. 

Landon came in Sunday morning complaining he couldn't find his sunglasses.  He wanted to wear his hat and sunglasses to church to be cool.  Poor guy was super upset when I  told him we dont wear hats to church. It did make me laugh though.